Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutions and programmes in Mexico

This chapter reviews the main characteristics of the institutions responsible for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Mexico. Through them, the Mexican government has fostered the development of job skills through interventions of two kinds. On one hand, it has established a series of legal provisions that oblige employers to train their workers and, on the other hand, it has implemented policies and programmes to deliver TVET or to provide support for worker training. The TVET systems operating these programmes can be classified into three types, according to the duration of the plan of study and the employment status of participants: (i) the “technological baccalaureate”, with a three-year plan of study; (ii) “training for the workplace”, with short-term courses that may be offered in or outside a classroom setting; and (iii) “on-the-job training”, which may be the principal purpose of the public intervention, or merely a complementary component of programmes that have other objectives.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Reduced Inequalities

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions